Houston and S. C. Gold. Present meinbership, 35. Present officers, O. A. Crandall, President; John Newton, Vice-President; Arthur Maltby, Secretary; Dr. Ed Small, Treasurer. It contains some of the best marksmen in the State. It took an active part in procuring the passage of the game laws, and by its vigilance has done much for the protection of game and the propagation of fish. The membership becoming too large the Sedalia Gun Club was organized. By the joint efforts of both clubs the State Sportsmen Association was induced to hold its annual meeting here in June, 1882.

SEDALIA GUN CLUB.

In September, 1880, the members of the Sedalia Sporting Club becoming too numerous a number of its members withdrew and organized the Sedalia Gun Club, with Dr. J. W. Trader, President; Frank Houston, Secretary, and John Montgomery, Jr., Treasurer. The organization and officers have remained the same to the present time. The members besides the officers named are: E. H. Smith, C. H. Gauss, J. C. Parmerlee, S. C. Gold, A. P. Morey, J. D. Sneed, J. C. Barber, Dr. E. C. Evans and Louis Kumm. The recent tournament of the State Sportsmen Association was held in Sedalia under the auspices of this club June 13-17, 1882. Its members have ever worked harmoniously with the other club for the preservation of game and prosecution of yiolators of law, and their united action has been highly satisfactory. The members are men of high standing in the city.

GERMANIA CLUB.

Organized April 16, 1876. Present membership, 50. President, Chas. Yost; Secretary, R. Springe.

This is one of the oldest social organizations in the city. On April 23, 1876, the first officers were elected as follows: Président, Henry Suess; Vice President, Carl Wile; Secretary, A. Seligman; Treasurer, C. Hye. Louis Deutsch, C. O. Kleuber, M. Koock, B. Rauck, E. H. Renisch and others were active workers to establish the club. During the first year and a half of its existence the club had large and elegantly furnished rooms, with a stage for dramatic performances. The club gave plays in which the members participated during two seasons, and has given fine balls, picnics and other social entertainments.

YOUNG MEN'S SOCIAL CLUB.

Organized Nov. 30, 1881. Present membership, 11. President, Ed. Fernald; Secretary, Tim Cosgriff.

THESPIAN DRAMATIC ASSOCIATION.

Organized September, 1867. Present membership, 22. Business manager, Ira Hinsdale; Secretary, T. H. Lewis.

Wm. Latour founded this organization, has been its life and soul, besides acting as stage manager, dramatic instructor and leading actor. The early history is given elsewhere. Mr. and Mrs. Latour are the oldest members of the company, which is still in existence, strong and popular.

INDEPENDENT ORDER OF GOOD TEMPLARS.

In the early part of 1864 a Good Templars' Association was formed. This seems to have been the first lodge of this kind. Mr. P. G. Stafford, E. W. Washburn and T. W. Moses were the first three W. T.'s of which mention can be found. This society probably led to the organization of all those now in existence, which are as follows:

Sedalia Lodge, No. 656, organized March 14, 1874. Present membership, 126. W. C. T., R. M. Fraker; Recording Secretary, John N. Corey.

Lincoln Lodge, No. 37 (colored), organized Nov. 4, 1881. Present membership, 112. W. C. T., Robert Smith; Recording Secretary, Carter.

Sedalia Degree Temple, No. 9, organized Oct, 22, 1881.. Present membership, 32. D. T., R. G. Hastie; District Secretary, Louis E. Goodrich.

Sunset Temple, Juvenile Templars, organized Nov. 27, 1881. Present membership, 41. W. C. T., Louis E. Goodrich; Recording Secretary, Kate Tritt.

ROYAL TEMPLE of t.

Queen City Council, No. 9, organized July 1, 1880. Present membership, 30. S. C., A. D. Fisher; Recording Secretary, James O'Brien.

SEDALIA CATHOLIC BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.

This society was organized. Sept. 3, 1871, and well conducted since. The first officers were: Father Swift, President; M. O'Reilley, Vice President; J. H. Vitt, Treasurer; John B. Kelley, Secretary; L. P. Julien, Recording Secretary. The present officers are: James Glass, President; John W. Murphy, Vice President; T. D. Quinn, Treasurer; Patrick Shehan, Recording Secretary; Edward G. Cassidy, Financial Secretary.

CATHOLIC KNIGHTS OF AMERICA.

Among the members of this society are: Rev. F. W. Graham, Rev. P. Morrisey, James Glass, Thomas D. Quinn, E. G. Cassidy, Dr. J. J. Piper, William H. Curran, M. P. Condon, Michael Hugh, James Sullivan, Patrick Cosgriff, Tim. Cosgriff, Michael McGinley. The present officers are: Edward Hurley, President; T. D. Quinn, Recording Secretary; Wiliam Curran, Financial Secretary; James Glass, Treasurer.

IRISH LAND LEAGUE.

Organized January, 1880. Present membership, 125. President, Ed. Hurley; Secretary, P. Shehan. This society, composed of Irishmen and Irish-Americans, has not been long in existence, but has done a noble work. Thos. D. Quinn was the first man to suggest and labor for its formation. He soon awakened the interest of his fellow countrymen in the city and received an enthusiastic support. The first officers elected were as follows: President, Thos. D. Quinn; Vice-President, Jno. McGinley; Secretary, Timothy Cosgriff; Treasurer, P. Shehan. The earliest members were: James Glass, J. W. Murphy, Ed. Hurley, Thos. Moffett and Patrick McEnroe. On Jan. 25th, 1880, a Relief Association to aid the suffering of the Irish people during the famine was organized by the leading members of the society, aided by many Americans in sympathy with them. Since the organization of these two bodies they have collected and sent to their brethren in Ireland the large sum of $7,000.

SCANDINAVIAN SOCIETY.

Organized Dec. 4th, 1880. Present membership, 43. President, Louis Wetzell; Secretary, A. Hanson. The first officers of this sociaty were: Ben. Johnson, Ordforari. J. C. Johnson, Secretary; P. Alquist, Kassor; B. P. Bengtson, Ombudsman. The members present at the first meeting were: Peter Frank, Fred. Siegerahl, S. Lind, J. C. Johnson, S. P. Thomson, A. Hanson, Chas. Carlson, - Vickenburg.

SEDALIA HEBREW UNION.

Organized Oct. 11th, 1868. Present membership, 30. President, M. Henoch; Secretary, E. Wolf.

KNIGHTS AND LADIES OF HONOR.

Temple Lodge, No. 269, organized August, 1880. Present membership, 17. Dictator, Jno. S. Landes; F. S., Flora Cockrell.

SEDALIA ORCHESTRA.

Organized January, 1870. Present membership, ten. Leader, Prof. L. E. Friemel; business manager, Tony Leece. Mr. Leece was the founder of the band and has been its leader. The first members were the leaders, F. Wetteroth, H. Van Hall, Al. Pinney, James Cook; others were added after the first organization.

SEDALIA SILVER CORNET BAND.

Organized in 1874. Present membership, 16. Leader, L. E. Friemel; business manager, Henry Otten. E. Fentem, in 1867, organized the first brass band in Sedalia, and it was an excellent one. The above band is the offspring of the old one.

ORDER OF RAILWAY CONDUCTORS.

Queen City Division, No. 60; organized Jan. 1, 1879. Present membership, 20. C. C., J. M. Patterson, Secretary; A. G. Brown.

EMMET GUARDS.

Organized Dec. 21, 1875. Some of the original founders were Edward Hurley, Thos. D. Quinn, Thos. Moffett, P. McEnroe, P. Shehan, James Kelley. Present membership, 75. Officers: T. Coeguff, Pres.; T. D. Quinn, Vice-Pres.; Ed. Hurley, Treasurer.

K. OF H.

Prairie Lodge, No. 1998; organized Jan. 27, 1880; present membership, fifty-five. Dictator, O. P. Houck; Reporter, D. A. Rice. Among the charter members who started this lodge and order in the city were John S. Landes, Chas. Allen, Wm. L. Felix, Cord Kruse, Dr. Thomas Sollis, Dr. R. Wilson Carr, W. B. Brown, E. M. Hogue, John B. Rickman, S. A. Wright, John Todd and J. D. Monsees.

BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS.

Sedalia Division, No. 178; organized 1874; present membership, 40. Chief Engineer, Chas. McNab; Secretary, J. L. Parish.

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THE SEDALIA RIFLES.

The first military company organized in the city after the war, under the State law, was the Sedalia Rifles. The company was raised and organized by Harry C. Demuth, for eleven years deputy postmaster. The company is and was composed of the best young business men of Sedalia. The company was mustered into service on Oct. 28, 1879, with over fifty On Oct. 9, 1879, Harry C. Demuth received his commission from Governor Phelps as Captain of the company. Wm. Latour was commissioned First Lieutenant, and John D. Russell, a veteran soldier, and business manager of the Daily Democrat, Second Lieutenant. They are armed with the latest improved breech-loading muskets, have a fatigue uniform and a magnificent full dress uniform, a beautiful silk banner presented by the ladies of Sedalia, and fine equipments. The company still has its original members and officers.

The non-commissioned officers are as follows: First Sergeant, Omer Green; Second Serg't, C. E. Messerly; Third Serg't, J. A. Lamy; Fourth Serg't, A. S. Caldwell; Corporals, T. H. Kehoe, Wm. D. Steele, H. W. Meuschke, F. Hardcastle; Color Sergeant, R. C. Sneed.

THE QUEEN CITY GUARDS.

This was the second company organized after the war.

The company

was raised by Chas. Fredericks, for a long time foreman of the Bazoo Job

Office, and later the stationery clerk of the M., K. & T. R. R. The officers and men were mustered in in August, 1880, with about forty, rank and file. Chas. Fredericks was elected Captain, James Ramsey, First Lieutenant, and C. Ed. Hancock, Second Lieutenant. These gentlemen were duly commissioned by the Governor. They wear a handsome black and gray uniform. They are armed like the other company. In 1881 Capt. Fredericks was called from the city, and E. E. Codding was elected and commissioned Captain. He was compelled to resign on account of business duties, and in the spring of 1882 D. I. Holcomb was elected Captain.

Both companies have a fine set of drums and fifes, presented them by the munificence of Col. A. D. Jaynes.

MISSOURI COMMERCIAL TRAVELERS' ASSOCIATON.

Organized March 4, 1880. Present membership 100. President, J. W. Kennedy; Secretary and Treasurer, Geo. Ferrell. The first organization of commercial travelers in Sedalia, of which there are now over thirty, was a local organization, formed by and composed exclusively of Sedalia representatives of Sedalia wholesale houses. It was called the Sedalia Commercial Travelers' Association. The members who were instrumental in the formation of this first society were F. E. Hoffman, Henry Allen, S. S. Sherman, J. W. Kennedy, Geo. Ferrell, Jno. L. Hall, R. W. Wiley, J. W. Murphy, D. I. Holcomb, L. A. Ross, Seymour Lipsis, Chas. Decklemeyer, Dan Hurlburt, Louis Schrader, Thos. Dugan. When it had gained strength, popularity, and efficiency on its own merits, the society was merged into the State organization, and became a branch of the Missouri Commercial Travelers' Association. In 1881 Henry W. Allen was sent as a delegate from this society to the meeting of the National Association.

CHAPTER XI. THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE.

What Sedalia Has Done-What She Has-What She Expects to Do-And What She Will Have.

What Sedalia has done the previous chapters of this History will show. And her achievements are unsurpassed in the history of modern civilization in the west. Her last deeds are her best, for in the past two years and a half the city has built forty-five miles of railroad; successfully started a Street Railway, constructed a Water Works Reservoir at a cost of $10,000; gained the location of the General Railroad Hospital, and the Car Accountant's Office of the Missouri Pacific Railroad; has expended nearly two million dollars in general improvements and new